PROVIDENCE, RI — Team members from Price Rite presented a check for $70,030to representatives from the Rhode Island Community Food Bank July 24, funds raised during the supermarket chain’s annual Check-Out Hunger campaign.

From October – December 2016, Price Rite stores banded together to collect donations at checkout, raising more than $250,000 for food banks across nine states in an effort to support the fight against hunger.

Additional donations of $1,500 and $1,000 were presented to Rhode Island Community Food Bank on behalf of Price Rite of Providence and Price Rite of Warwick, respectively, for finishing as the two top-fundraising stores across all 64 Price Rite locations.